Author(s)

M. Fourar & C. Moyne

Abstract

Modeling multiphase flow through fractured porous media requires the determination of the relationship between pressure drop and either fluid saturation or flow rates. These relationships are generally called "relative permeabilities". In spite of several laboratory experiments reported in the literature, there is no general model to predict the two-phase conductivity of a fracture for a given pair of flowing fluids. In this paper we propose a simple model based on viscous coupling between two fluids flowing simultaneously in a single fracture. This viscous coupling model leads to analytical relationships be

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